Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-05-21

oabiy overlooked for il vas not disturhed
The watch vas silver and of moderate value.
Nothing else in the house vas disturbed.
Hope has changed to despair, as still no
adlngs come of the fate of the vanished
William Parker, the Durham farmer.
Search has been increasing. All day wednes.
day and far into the night thew hunted in
parties Of half dozen, twenty ave or thirty
people in all. Mr. Parker has large family
OF relatives in Auburn, Ex-Mayor Haskell of
Auburn is . brother-in-law DR.. E. E.
Bailey Is brother in lag. He has q mum.
Der of brothers. among whom are Lendell
Parker In West Durham, and Clarence and
Irwin. Who work in Auburn. His father il
Washington Parker, . truckman in Auburn
ARoosroox.
There 10 to be q great deal Of building ia
Houl,on this season Many private dwelling,
will he erected and many large ones Amons
the latter will be the Classical Institute build
irg for which proposals ere opened in Houl.
ton Wednesday night This will be the mos,
extensive. John ii. Bradford. Eco, will
erect the present season . new brick buildins
"a b' 40 feet. two stories in height, on the
ground now occupied by the Houlton Saving,
Bank building. The old buildings hsv. been
purchased ny L B johnson, y no will remove
them TO n. lot on Main street.
While Willie Burns of Caribou was GU,
riding on his little ponv SATURDAY., a team
came up quickly behind him and Willie tried
to rein his my out of the way. but he SHE'D
and the team struck him, knocking him dow n
Willie received few cuts and scratches bu,
escaped without serious injury
serious accident happened to Randolph
Whitmore, an empl"ye in Keaton's sash and
door factory, At Houlton. on Tuesday aft, r
noon. He met with the loss of the end. OF
three fingers Of his left hand nv coming in
contact with q buzz planer, with which he
was at work.
CUMBERLAND.
The new High School building. a,
We.tbrook costing $4,000 was dedi
Gated on Wednesday evening, OF
this week. The exercises consisted
of mu.ic, prayer, addresses by the reside q,
clergymen, building committee and school
board The building contains FIVE larg,
school-rooWs. besides iabratory room, dress
ing-rooms, and all convenience 1t 10 from
plans BY Fasseu & Thomson of Portland and
is heated BY steam throughout.-The grad
uatinR exercises # the High School class
will take place at Warren Church. Cumber-
land Mills, June 23d.-One hundred and ff.
OF 5. ID. Warren & Co., At Cumberland Mill.
and it is expe cted to be ready for use 10 Sep
TENDER.
The Portland & Rochester railroad has
moved the old station at Gorh IN, which stood
at the foot Of Z m street, several rods to the
eastward and will erect q spacious modern
railway station in its place. A petition very
numerou.ly signed, has been presented to the
selectmen, to continue Elm or Depot street
across the railroad to Lincoln street, and
legal notices for that purpose have been
posted by the selectmen. As the town has
hut one legal public way across the railroad
from the Breakneck bridge crossing west to
the Portland road east, a distance prob ably of
more than two miles. il is hoped all parties
I'M crested will consider the request of all the
ctiz -ns, a. reasonable. A survey, it il said,
is to be made with view to supplying the
village with water either by the = Irtland
Water Company. or by private company.
rhtr re IL 4 new movement ter a shoe factory
with strong hackers.
kENNEBEc.
The Waterville Sentinel thus estimates
IN. r'pnst,nn of that town: Mr.. Soule of
the Waterville School Committee has fou, d
and r. gi-'er- 4 Illus far this month, 1880
children of 'chool-sgp in town. He SAYS the
total number. when he shall have succeeded
III LIS ing them, which is not 40 easv a task
~ some may suppose. will he not far from
2450 as against 2224 for 1886 This shows
an increase oi 226 pupils. Mr.. Saue says
that his experience in taking the school cen
-us for mAnv years shows that the total pop
ulati,n is always very nearly three times the
lumber of scholars. This indicates abou,
1850 inhabitants, an increase of 678 since
last May and very respectable city popula-
ton.
VIM. Web Of Waterville, while IN.
inahIng sla' p-rs from one Of the M. C.. plat
orm cars Wednesday, lost his balance and
fell backwards striking his head aud shout.
ders against another car and receiving there
from severe bruises John Parker of Water
vile, was brought before Judge Stewar,
Monday, charged with the unlawful sale OF
cider. After reviewing the evidence against
him the judge found the respondent guilty OF
the offence and 10 accordance with the pro-
visions of the new law imposed upon him a
fne of $50 with thirty days in the county Jail.
lie then appealed and gave bonds to the sum
Of 5000 for his appearance at the September
Superior court.
WARRINGTON.
The freshet in the St. Croix has subsidsd
sufficiently to enable the saw mills to get to
work, and they are all in full blast. Business
will now start up and things 90 along lively
Everybody seems pleased to see it.
Seven per cent 10 the rate of insurance on
ssrdine factories to be adopted on and after
this date, says the Ea.tport Sentinel -
Charles Jackson, Esq, and his son NJ A.
Jackson have given contract for the erec-
ton OF two story, wooden building upon the
adjoining lots formerly occupied and owned
BY Chs.. Jackson and VIM. p. Bucknsm.
The building is to be &c feet front and 40
teet deep; II will contain three stores on the
first floor. A cellar will be dug on the Buck.
nam lot, the other lot already having one.
Calvin dams is the contracting builder.
YORK.
The shooting match INDUCED in BY the
Bddeford Light Infantry at Camp Ellis
Wednesday. resulted AZ follows: First prize.
REM Coodier. Jr.: second prize. Hartley J
G odsiu; third prize, Benz. K. G ,odwin
twas reported On the streets in Bidd ford
Thursday that . rep esentatv # one Of the
largest shoe concerns in Hsverhill. Mass, was
in that tow n recently looking over the ground
With a view to locating and building a factory
in that citv. The report could not be traced
to reliable source, and probably mas no
foundation.
Jerry Anderson of South Limington was
thrown out on Monday, Nav is, BY the up
setting OF his csrris4e. caused by . quantity
of cord wood which had tumhled into the
rad The horse took fright and ran into q